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Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama: county seat on the Black Warrior River, state capital 1826-1846, home of the University of Alabama (opened 1831), population 99,600 in 2020, struck by an EF-4 tornado April 27, 2011.
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee, Alabama: county seat of Macon County, founded 1833, incorporated 1843, home of Tuskegee University (1881), the Tuskegee Airmen, and the 1932–1972 syphilis study; population 9,395 (2020).
Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg district town on the Upper Danube; first recorded 797 as "tuttiliningas", Württemberg since 1376, site of the 1643 battle, Honberg fortress ruin, and a suspected Roman limes fort.
Tuxtla, Chiapas
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital city of Chiapas, Mexico, in the Central Depression at ~600 m on the Sabinal River; 604,147 inhabitants (2020), fast unplanned growth, recurrent flooding, urban heat island, commerce and services economy.
Tuzla
Tuzla (Bosnian city, Turkish tuz = salt), northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, inhabited since the Neolithic; known for salt mining that caused up to 12 m of ground subsidence, the Pannonica salt lakes, and growing urban and health tourism.
Tver (Тверь)
Tver (Тверь) is a Volga River city founded in 1135, administrative center of Tver Oblast, medieval rival principality capital, rebuilt on a regular three-ray plan after the 1763 fire, population 412,806 (2025).
Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is a NSW city at the Tweed River mouth, twinned across the state border with Coolangatta, Queensland. Key facts: 2021 census population 63,721, median age 48; Major Regional Centre of Tweed Shire; tourism worth about $1 billion a year.
Twentynine Palms, California
Twentynine Palms is a Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County, California, incorporated 1987, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park and home of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; population about 28,000.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho: south-central Idaho city on the Snake River, founded 1904-05 on the Carey Act Twin Falls irrigation tract; eighth largest Idaho city, Magic Valley hub, home of Shoshone Falls.
Twizel
Twizel, a Mackenzie District town in New Zealand's South Island, was built in 1968 as a Ministry of Works construction town for the Upper Waitaki hydro scheme, peaked above 5,000 residents, was saved from removal, and is now a service and tourist base.
Tyana
Tyana (Greek Τύανα; Hittite Tuwanuwa), ancient city at Kemerhisar, Niğde, southern Cappadocia, Turkey. Also called Dana, Eusebeia-on-Tauros, and Christoupolis; Roman colony of AD 213, home of Apollonius, with 1.2 km aqueducts.
Tychy
Tychy, southern Poland city in Silesian Voivodeship; first recorded 1467, home of the Princely Brewery since 1629, and a planned socialist new town from 1950 with FSM car plant and 192,000 peak population in 1990.
Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas, also known as Tyler, TX and the Rose Capital of America, is the seat of Smith County in East Texas, with 105,995 residents at the 2020 census.
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (Sour, صور), Lebanon's fourth-largest coastal city 83 km south of Beirut, is an ancient Phoenician city and 1984 UNESCO World Heritage site, placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in July 2026 after wartime strikes damaged the site.
Tyumen (Тюмень)
Tyumen (Тюмень), founded 1586 on the Tura River by voivodes Sukin and Myasnoy, is the first Russian city in Siberia and administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, now a major oil and gas hub.
Ube
Ube (宇部市, Ube-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, facing the Seto Inland Sea, known for the Ube Method pollution controls and its sculpture exhibition.
Ubud
Ubud, a town in Gianyar Regency, central Bali, is Indonesia's cultural tourism hub, also called Bali's art center. Known for Tegallalang rice terraces and a tourism model dating to the 1930s, it now faces overtourism: about 2 million annual visitors, 350 ha of rice-field conversion, and 90 tons of plastic waste daily.
Uccle
Uccle (Ukkel) is a large, green, high-income commune in southern Brussels, first cited about 1090, with about 77,000 residents, a quarter from the EU, a 2019 climate emergency plan, and 30 km/h zones on 95% of its roads.
Udaipur (उदयपुर)
Udaipur (उदयपुर), the City of Lakes, is a Rajasthan city founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II as capital of Mewar; known for Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar, the City Palace, and Rajput heritage tourism.
Udine
Udine is a city in northeastern Italy, the main city of Friuli, with about 98,500 residents and landmarks including its hilltop castle, cathedral, and Tiepolo frescoes.
Udupi (ಉಡುಪಿ)
Udupi (ಉಡುಪಿ), a coastal Karnataka city and district headquarters carved from Dakshina Kannada in 1997, is famed for the 13th-century Sri Krishna Matha of Madhvacharya, Paryaya festival, Udupi cuisine, and Manipal.
Ufa (Уфа)
Ufa (Уфа) is the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia, founded as a fortress in 1574, a city of 1.19 million known for oil refining, machine building, and chemicals.
Ugarit
Ugarit (Ras Shamra, رأس شمرا) was a Late Bronze Age Canaanite city-state on the Syrian coast, a major eastern Mediterranean trade hub whose port Mahadu and alphabetic cuneiform script, deciphered after the 1929 Schaeffer excavations, distinguish it from all other Levantine sites.
Ugep
Ugep (Umor Otutu), town and headquarters of Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria; principal Yakurr settlement, home of the Leboku New Yam Festival, yam-centered agrarian economy, Lokaa language.
Uherské Hradiště
Uherské Hradiště, royal town in Zlín Region, Czechia, center of Slovácko; founded 1257 by Přemysl Otakar II as a Morava-river border fortress, about 24,850 inhabitants, leaning town hall, wine cellars.
Uíge
Uíge (Uíje), formerly Carmona (1954–1975), is the capital of Uíge Province in northern Angola. Founded in 1917 as a Portuguese fort, it became the center of Angola's Robusta coffee industry; 2024 census: 773,099 in the municipality.
Uijeongbu-si
Uijeongbu-si (의정부시), a city in northern Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, north of Seoul. Known for budaejjigae sausage stew, former USFK bases including Camp Red Cloud, GTX-C rail plans, and about 462,000 residents.
Uji
Uji (宇治) is a city of about 177,000 in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, home to the World Heritage Byodoin Temple and Ujigami Shrine, the setting of the Tale of Genji's final chapters, and the historic center of Uji tea, 17 minutes from Kyoto Station.
Ujjain (उज्जैन)
Ujjain (उज्जैन), historically Ujjayini or Avantika, is a city on the Kshipra River in Madhya Pradesh, India, one of the seven sacred Hindu cities and home of the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple.
Ukiah, California
Ukiah, California: county seat of Mendocino County, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, population 16,607 (2020). Pomo homeland, incorporated 1876, wine country hub with a municipally owned electric utility.